Knoxville Journal To Drop Daily Paper, Start Weekly

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December 3, 1991

KNOXVILLE, TENN. — The 106-year-old Knoxville Journal will cease daily publication at year's end and all 69 employees will be laid off, the publisher said today. Editor and publisher Gerald Garcia said the newspaper, owned by the Persis Corp., would have a new beginning as a weekend publication featuring local news, entertainment and sports. The weekly would have a controlled distribution focusing on 54,000 households, he said. The afternoon Journal's circulation in March was 40,946. Its morning rival, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, has a daily circulation of 104,545. The decision comes 17 months after the owners of the News-Sentinel, E.W. Scripps Co., agreed to pay $40 million to dissolve a 34-year-old joint operating agreement with the afternoon Journal, effective Dec. 31.